There have been notices recently in the hobby press about many fake trade dollars and other silver coins coming from China. I thought it was interesting that the fake 1822 dime I found on eBay was from China. The seller also has some US silver (including trade dollars) listed, but that is not my area of expertise. This link will take you to the auction: Anyone with questions about the authenticity ar attribution of bust dimes is welcome to address them to my attention. -------------------- October 24, 2003 The link above is long gone, but this page will display the coin in question.
Well somebody was paying attention - maybe all your warnings worked Byron - good job. The other day the auction was still active - no longer. The seller ended it early because " the item was either lost or broken " Yeah right - it was broken 8O
I read about a hoard of fake Trade Dollar's turning up in South America. They were reportedly high grade fakes.This 10c is very good,and could easily fool a novice collector.Thanks for the heads up,this kind of posting is important for everyone. ~ Jim
some of tose fakes from chinase are getting to be two good. an industrius crook could cut the slabs put in a chinase fake and pull some big dollars.
Not really. Coins cannot be substituted inside slabs. Ever look at the holographic seal on a slab ? Well they stick to both sides. And if you open the slab - it destroys the seal. They could however manufacture complete counterfeit slabs. But thta does not work either because of the serial number on the slab. It is a simple matter to contact the grading service whose slab it is and verify the serial number and/or the bar code.
they could make a duplicate of an existing bar code and serial number by just reading/copying some ebay slabbed coin offering ...=)
Yes, they could. But the major grading companies provide the ability on their web sites to check serial numbers and see just what coin is in the given slab. This where buy the coin and not the slab comes into play. If a coin in a slab makes you question its validity or grade accuracy - check the serial number with the grading company.
